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AMENDMENT  38  TO  B.  A.  I.  ORDER  287.— TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD 
OF  FOOT-AND-MOUTH  DISEASE  IN  CATTLE,  SHEEP.  OTHER 
RUMINANTS,  AND  SWINE 

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Under  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  "_;  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  February  2,  L903  (32  Stat. 
791).  B.  A.  I.  Order  287,  dated  February  '2'.\.  L924,  as  amended,  is 
hereby  further  amended  in  the  following  particulars : 

The  following  area  in  the  State  of  Texas  is  designated  as  "Cl< 
Area":  All  territory  within  the  following-described  boundary  line: 
Beginning  at  the  point  where  the  Texas  &  New  Orleans  Railway 
crosses  Greens  Bayou  in  Harris  County:  thence  running  southeast- 
ward along  the  east  bank  of  Greens  Bayou  to  the  Houston  Ship 
Channel;  thence  running  eastward  along  the  north  bank  of  the 
Houston  Ship  Channel  to  the  Lynchburg  Ferry:  thence  running 
southward  on  the  Lynchburg-LaPorte  cut-off  road  to  the  Galve 
Harrisburg  &  San  Antonio  Railway:  thence  running  due  south  to 
the  P  Street  Road;  thence  running  west  on  P  Street  Road  to  the 
shell  road:  thence  running  south  on  shell  road  to  the  L  Street  Road: 
thence  running  west  on  L  Street  Road  to  its  terminus:  thence  run- 
ning due  south  to  the  J  Street  Road:  thence  running  west  on  the 
J  Street  Road  to  Middle  Bayou :  thence  running  southeastward  along 
the  east  bank  of  Middle  Bayou  to  Clear  Lake:  thence  running  i 
ward  along  the  north  bank  of  Clear  Lake  and  Clear  Creek  to  the 
Galveston-Houston  Electric  Railway:  thence  running  southeastward 

is  the  Galveston  County  line  along  the  Galveston-Houston  E 
trie  Railway  to  the  LaMarque-Hitchcock  highway;  thence  running 
westward  along  said  highway  to  the  Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe 
Railway  at  Hitchcock;  thence  running  southeastward  along  the  said 
railway  to  Virginia  Point:  thence  running  southwest  ward  along  the 
roast  line  across  the  Brazoria  County  line  to  the  mouth  of  Mustang 
Bayou:  thence  running  northwestward  along  the  wesl  bank  of 
Mustang  Bayou  to  the  AIvin-Galveston  highway:  thence  running 
wot  ward  on  said  highway  to  the  telephone  road:  thence  running 
northward  on  telephone  road  to  the  Alvin-Friendswood  Road; 
thence  running  northeastward  along  the  Alvin-Friendswood  Road 
to  the  Pearland-Friendswood  Road;  thence  running  westward  along 
said  road  to  the  telephone  road  :  thence  running  northward  along  the 
telephone  road  to  Clear  Creek;  thence  running  westward  along  ( 


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('reek  to  the  Gulf.  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  (Houston  branch)  ; 
thence  running  northward  across  the  Harris  County  line  along  the 
Gulf,  Colorado  &  Santa  Fe  Railway  to  its  junction  with  the  Houston 
Belt  £  Terminal  Railway:  thence  running  northeastward  along  the 
Houston  Belt  &  Terminal  Railway  to  its  junction  with  the  Texas  & 
Xew  Orleans  Railway:  thence  running  nprtheastward  along  the 
Texas  £  Xew  Orleans  Railway  to  the  point  of  beginning. 

All  territory  within  Harris.  Galveston,  and  Brazoria  Counties. 
Tex.,  quarantined  by  Amendments  36  and  37  to  said  Order  287,  and 
located  outside  the  aforesaid-described  and  designated  **  Closed 
Area'*  is  hereby  designated  as  ''Modified  Area."  and  the  interstate 
and  foreign  shipment,  transportation,  and  movement  from  the  said 
"  Modified  Area  n  of  the  dressed  carcasses,  hides,  skins,  and  hoofs  of 
cattle,  sheep,  and  other  ruminants,  hay,  straw,  and  similar  fodder. 
and  wool,  is  permitted  without  any  of  the  restrictions  imposed  by 
said-mentioned  order  and  amendments. 

This  amendment,  which,  for  the  purpose  of  identification,  is 
designated  as  Amendment  38  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  287.  shall  become 
and  be  effective  on  and  after  December  1,  1925. 

Done  at  Washington  this  28th  clav  of  November. 
1925. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

W.  M.  Jardine, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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